Dental
Tam Tang and Sham PC
Tam Tang and Sham PC was paid $845K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTAM TANG AND SHAM PC
WALTHAM, MA 02453
WALTHAM, MA 02453
33aNPI1396805313assigned 12/11/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$845K
24GClaims21,386
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#121 of 693
Median peer was paid$87K
This provider vs. median9.7×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,249 | $111K | |
| 2019 | 2,756 | $97K | |
| 2020 | 1,713 | $55K | |
| 2021 | 2,031 | $73K | |
| 2022 | 3,795 | $118K | |
| 2023 | 3,886 | $176K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,956 | $214K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 37% | 5,934 | 5,732 | $310K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 5,828 | 5,645 | $127K |
| D2740 | Crown - porcelain/ceramic | 12% | 147 | 98 | $105K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 7.5% | 1,760 | 1,547 | $63K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.0% | 2,125 | 2,098 | $51K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.9% | 1,463 | 1,401 | $50K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.9% | 562 | 272 | $42K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.2% | 2,103 | 1,812 | $27K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.5% | 434 | 421 | $21K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.9% | 107 | 86 | $16K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | <1% | 13 | 12 | $7K |
| D2950 | <1% | 38 | 29 | $6K |
9 more codes
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 159 | $6K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 152 | $4K |
| D0180 | <1% | 93 | $3K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 28 | $2K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 20 | $1K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 297 | $1K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, child | <1% | 14 | $714.00 |
| D9110 | <1% | 12 | $432.00 | |
| D9450 | 0% | 97 | $0.00 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialTAM, JOHN (GENERAL PARTNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sham Tang and Tam PC | Framingham, MA | $769K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.